Water
Joburg’s water woes are self-inflicted
The temporary shutdown of the supply from Lesotho is not the problem
Text by Sean Christie. Photos by David Southwood.
News | 8 October 2024
Durban residents without water for eight years picket at city hall
Standpipes in ward 105 have been dry since 2016
Brief | 4 October 2024
Eight years without running water in eThekwini
Water trucks come to villages on the municipality’s rural outskirts twice a month
News | 26 September 2024
Villagers have had no tap water for 15 years, but they live 3km from a dam
The Maluti-a-Phofung municipality is intermittently supplying Jwala-Boholo and Qoqolosing villages with water trucks
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 25 September 2024
Limpopo man digs well so his village doesn’t have to share water with animals
Vhembe District Municipality installed a new pump last week, and promised to come repair the broken boreholes in Tshifudi Tshikombele village
By Thembi Siaga and Elmon Tshikhudo
News | 20 September 2024
Grannies battle water shortage in Kariega
Toilets are dirty and washing piles up after a month without running water
Brief | 19 September 2024
Are South Africa’s dams safe? Government does not know
A lack of qualified inspectors and low compliance with safety reports raises concerns in Parliament
News | 18 September 2024
eThekwini Municipality mum on investigation into company selling water illegally
Municipality pledges to buy 100 water trucks to end its need to hire them
Brief | 17 September 2024
Pensioners have to pay people to fetch drinking water from streams
Taps in this municipality have been dry for years
News | 11 September 2024